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How quaint! I didn't realise people still used that expression.

Sat 22-6-24 41 Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street 38 David Bowie - Life on Mars? 36 Mott the Hoople - All The Young Dudes 31 Electric Light Orchestra - Don’t Bring Me Down 29 David Bowie - Sound and Vision +4 28 The Jam - The Eton Rifles 26 R Dean Taylor— There’s A Ghost In My House 24 America - A Horse With No Name  23 Suzi Quatro - 48 Crash 21 ABBA - Money, Money, Money 21 The Four Tops - A Simple Game 20 ABBA - Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight) 20 Van McCoy & The Soul City Symphony - The Hustle 19 The Four Seasons - Silver Star 18 The Rolling Stones - Miss You 15 Donna Summer - Love’s Unkind -6

Current DL pick Prunella Scales is 92 today.

Swindon Town's Andy Rowland dead aged 69.

I'm sure this will be of interest to certain members - it's their new single.

Still no official word on which (if any) Steve Sweeney has died. You'd have thought, given the ambiguity, that someone (an agent or management company perhaps) would have clarified by now. Anyway, someone has posted on Twitter that the UK Steve was 61. (eta - The independent has also updated it's report to amend his age to 61)

21 June 2024 32 Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street 31 Mott the Hoople - All The Young Dudes 30 Electric Light Orchestra - Don’t Bring Me Down 30 David Bowie - Life on Mars? 27 R Dean Taylor - There’s A Ghost In My House 25 David Bowie - Sound and Vision +4 21 The Four Tops - A Simple Game 21 The Rolling Stones - Miss You 20 The Jam - The Eton Rifles 20 Ian Dury and the Blockheads - Reasons to be Cheerful, Part 3 20 ABBA - Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight) 20 ABBA - Money, Money, Money 20 America - A Horse With No Name 20 Donna Summer - Love’s Unkind 20 Lulu - The Man Who Sold The World 20 The Four Seasons - Silver Star 18 Suzi Quatro - 48 Crash 17 Van McCoy & The Soul City Symphony - The Hustle 14 Edwin Starr - War 12 Lynn Anderson - Rose Garden 07 Creedence Clearwater Revival - Up Around The Bend 05 Bee Gees - How Deep Is Your Love -6

Lalo Schifrin is 92 today. Composer of many film & TV scores, this is one of his most familiar (from 1967) and was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2017.

Off and running (finally) with my M*A*S*H team, thanks to Donald Sutherland, which is about the only satisfaction I take from his demise.

20-6-24 (2) 26 Mott the Hoople - All The Young Dudes +2 24 David Bowie - Sound and Vision +2 24 R. Dean Taylor - There’s A Ghost in My House 22 David Bowie - Life on Mars? 22 Ian Dury and the Blockheads - Reasons to be Cheerful, Part 3 22 Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street 20 ABBA - Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight) 20 ABBA - Money, Money, Money 20 America - A Horse With No Name 20 Creedence Clearwater Revival - Up Around The Bend 20 Donna Summer - Love’s Unkind 20 Edwin Starr - War 20 Electric Light Orchestra - Don’t Bring Me Down 20 Lulu - The Man Who Sold The World 20 Lynn Anderson - Rose Garden 20 Suzi Quatro - 48 Crash 20 The Four Seasons - Silver Star 20 The Four Tops - A Simple Game 20 The Jam - The Eton Rifles 20 The Rolling Stones - Miss You 20 Van McCoy & The Soul City Symphony - The Hustle 14 Bee Gees - How Deep Is Your Love -6 14 The Wombles - Remember You’re a Womble 14 Paul McCartney & Wings - Band on the Run 08 Carly Simon - You’re So Vain

20-6-24 66 Electric Light Orchestra - Don’t Bring Me Down 53 Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street 32 The Jam - The Eton Rifles 27 ABBA - Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight) 22 Donna Summer - Love’s Unkind 15 The Rolling Stones - Miss You +4 06 Ian Dury and the Blockheads - Reasons to be Cheerful, Part 3 02 Earth, Wind & Fire - September -6

Aussie children's TV presenter (including Play School, 1966) Dawn Kenyon has died aged 91.

Former India bowler David Johnson (2 tests in 1996) has died after falling from a fourth-storey balcony. He had been in poor health recently, so read between the lines if you like. He was 52.

Many years ago I had a schoolfriend named Stephen who, on being questions by a teacher if he knew anything about the name "Steve" being scratched into a (wooden) desk, tried to convince him he spelled his abbreviated name as "Stephe". Admittedly, the chances of you and he being the same person are pretty slim, but its not impossible.

Ah, I misinterpreted your post, sorry 'bout that.

"Sweeny" is mis-spelled but "Steve" is correct isn't it?

Reportage today is not like what it used to be (its probably "AI-assisted"). 74 is definitely too aged for UK Steve Sweeney.

It seems as if there are multiple AI-generated reports which have conflated the two into one, which doesn't help, but most of the Facebook references are for the UK actor (and even the ones who report the comedian use the UK actor's photograph). It's also reported on Vas Blackwood's instagram, according to one Facebook post from last night (I don't do Insta, so can't verify). The Independent is also reporting UK actor now. (based on Kathy Burke's tweet). https://x.com/Independent/status/1803699877731238155

Actor Steve Sweeney reported to have died (by Kathy Burke, so probably reliable)

@Commtech Sio Bibble @Clorox Bleachman The Simon Cowell confusion has been rectified. (Drop 40 has also been corrected).

If this was anyone other than Farage, you'd excuse them having a senior moment and making a genuine mistake. https://x.com/Nigel_Farage/status/1803428288867557852

Here's an actual proper UK newspaper obit for James Chance, for those that don't like yahoo .

19-6-24 62 Electric Light Orchestra - Don’t Bring Me Down 53 Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street 28 The Cars - My Best Friend ’s Girl +4 24 Donna Summer - Love’s Unkind 24 The Jam - The Eton Rifles 23 ABBA - Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight) 16 Ian Dury and the Blockheads - Reasons to be Cheerful, Part 3 16 Earth, Wind & Fire - September -6 15 The Rolling Stones - Miss You

Good spot, I'll make the correction soon (not tonight, but soon).

18 June 2024 58 Electric Light Orchestra - Don’t Bring Me Down 53 Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street 34 Ian Dury and the Blockheads - Reasons to be Cheerful, Part 3 34 Donna Summer - Love’s Unkind 23 ABBA - Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight) 23 The Jam - The Elton Rifles 23 The Cars - My Best Friend’s Girl +4 22 Earth, Wind & Fire - September -6 19 The Rolling Stones - Miss You 06 Frankie Valli - Grease